Kindergarten-loom.



No. 703,799. Patented luly l, |902.

B. E. LINDBEHG.

KINDEBGARTEN LOOM.

(Application med Apr. 4, 1902.)

W/TNESSES: INVENTOH Nirnn gratas Y Arent intron@ BEATRICE EVA LINDBERG, OF FARIBAIILT, MINNESOTA.

KlNDERGRTEN-LOONL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,799, dated July 1, 1902. Application filed April 4, 1902. Serial No. 1(ll,386. (No model.)

and useful Improvements in School-Looms,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to educational appliances; and its object is to provide a new and improved hand school-loom for use by school children in industrial work and arranged to hold the warp properly stretched and spaced apart and to permit of conveniently beating in the weft to insure perfect work.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure lisa plan view of theimprovement, and Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

The school-loom consists, essentially, of an open frame having parallel side bars A A and the ends B B, projecting suitable distances above the top faces of the side bars A A and formed inthe top withnotches for the passage of the `warp C to hold the strands thereof stretched from one end to the other and properly spaced apart, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. l. The strands of the warp C also extend between the ends B B through slots DQ formed'in the upper portion of a lay D, mounted to slide on the side bars A A to hold the warp-strands between the ends B B in proper position and to allow of beating in the weft E, interwoven transversely withA the Warp C in the usual manner-that is, by the child passing a needle up and down between adjacent warp-strands.

The lay D is in the form of a bar formed with shoulders D2, engaging the upper and inner faces of the side bars A A, as plainly shown in Fig.y 2,-to hold the lay in proper position on the side bars and to allow of conveniently sliding the saine along the side bars for beating-in purposes, as above explained.

The lay extends from the top faces of the side bars A A a distance somewhat higher than the ends B B "to prevent the warpstrands from accidentally passing out of the said slots when the child .passes the weft through the warp-strands by the use of the needle, thus preventing accidental displacement of the warp-strands.A

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A school-loom having a frame provided with means for supporting the warp, and a ylay manually slidable on the sides of the loomframe and having spaced slots for the passage of the warp-strands, to hold the latter properly spaced apart, the said lay having shoulders for engaging the top and inner sides of the side bars of the loom-frame, the lay extending farther above the top faces of the side bars of the loom-frame than the ends thereof, as set forth.

2. A loom, comprising a frame having parallel side bars, and end bars'projecting above the top faces of the side bars, the end bars being formed in the top with notches for. the passage ofthe warp, and a lay comprising a bar manually slidable on the sides of the frame and extending farther above the top faces of the side bars than the ends of the frame, the lay having spaced slots in the top for the passage ofthe warpfthreads to hold the latter` properly spaced apart, the lay also serving to beat inthe weft, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

BEATRICE EVA LINDBERG.

Witnesses:

Trios. H. QUINN, IsAAoK LINDBERG. 

